I say this ubiquitous eye, this cyclopean mind thief, stealing your thoughts, your volition, your dreams, this procrastination machine, this time bandit, a beast not content with your mind, but one bound to seek the depths of your soul, using whatever means, religion, misinformation, sexual frustration, sits waiting every night ready for you to be too tired, to be too stressed to resist its sirenesque charms; stealing from you, one minute at a time, your irreplaceable, your non-renewable, non-refundable, living covenant with reality, heading in one direction, ever toward your end, the fuel for all of your creativity, endeavors and accomplishments: your time.

Think about the Future!
As writers of science fiction we are often asked to extrapolate the future. One of the reason I think science fiction has been recently suffering from a bad case of dystopia, is when writers try to predict the future, they are finding the pace of transformation between ideas and facts to be breathtaking.

“Writing about writing is an excellent way to learn, refine and gain perspective on one’s own writing. Undertaking what we might be unqualified for, leverages us into realms of perception hitherto unknown.”

*It’s the beginning of the year and Writer’s Block conversations are starting up all over the Internet. It is a common fear among new writers: What do I do when I can’t make myself write…
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Here’s my prescription for this paralyzing but non-fatal disease of the mind. If you have writer’s block, here are some exercises which work for me and might work for you as well.